The attack is alleged to have happened on Shotover Street,
Queenstown, on Good Friday.

Kearns has pleaded not guilty and elected a trial by jury in
Invercargill. No date has been set for the trial. A case
review hearing is scheduled for July 14 in Queenstown.

Neilson has given the courts an intimated guilty plea. He'll
appear before a judge in Christchurch on June 9.

Both men were due to appear in Queenstown District Court
yesterday but their cases were adjourned to the new dates and
they remain on bail.

Kearns - son of the so-called ‘Black Widow' convicted killer
Helen Milner who was found guilty of murdering her husband -
told Radio New Zealand last month that he'd punched Marshall,
an 81-Test halfback and Sky Sports commentator, but said
Marshall had hit him first.

Marshall told Mountain Scene at the time it wasn't his fault
and he was simply a victim. - Mountain Scene